Before heading out on your active battlefield journey, set the stage with the Film, Cyclorama & Museum Experience. You will learn more about the personalities, stories and locations to make your battlefield exploration all the more meaningful and historic.

Now Open: The special exhibit, A Rough Coarse Life: The World of the Civil War Soldier, includes artifacts never-before-seen on display.

Closed for the Season

Walk the grounds, hear the stories and feel the emotions of life–and death–at this historic farm suddenly transformed into a field hospital in July 1863. Today, the historic site stands as the best-preserved field hospital from the Battle of Gettysburg. Interact with living historians as they provide insight and authentic accounts of experiences during and after the Battle of Gettysburg.

Browse the extensive selection of Gettysburg and Civil War-era books, movies, gifts, apparel and memorabilia. You are sure to find books, including the Official Guide Book of Gettysburg National Military Park, and items to enjoy during and after your active visit of exploring Gettysburg.

Before heading out to the battlefield, refuel with a snack or meal at the Refreshment Saloon (open spring, summer & fall), modeled after an actual Civil War saloon. Or grab a hot/cold beverage, quick snack, hot/cold meal and treat at the Battlegrounds Café & Grille.

Step onto President Dwight D. and Mamie Eisenhower's weekend retreat and property in retirement. Your self-guided tour of the grounds includes the charming home's exterior,gardens, teahouse, skeet range, putting green and Angus cattle barns.

With its original furnishings and décor, the home offers an intimate perspective of home life for the Eisenhowers in the 1950s. Visit nps.gov/eise for the seasonal schedule of home tours.

Explore the grounds of the historic site all year. Open daily, sunrise to sunset (dependent on favorable weather conditions).

Warm up for your active exploration with a slight incline and 22 steps up to the platform of the Eternal Light Peace Memorial. Reflect on the inscription "Peace Eternal in a Nation United" while overlooking the landscape of the Battle's first day. For a battlefield run, try the 5k route that runs past the base of the monument, down Reynolds Ave. and back around the loop to the Eternal Light Peace Memorial.

One of three remaining National Park Service observation towers, climb the 39 steps of the Oak Ridge tower for a scenic view of the first day's battlefield, monuments down Doubleday Avenue and Gettysburg College (Pennyslvania College in 1863).

March in the footsteps of the more than 12,000 Confederate soldiers of Pickett's Charge. Beginning at the Virginia Monument, retrace their steps toward the Copse of Trees. Explore the topography as you think about the challenges of such a massive assault. Consider the possibilities of success or failure.

Continuing your exploration down Confederate Avenue, climb the 121 steps to the observation deck of the Longstreet Tower. From the tower, view some of the battlefield iconic sites including the Peach Orchard, the Wheatfield and Little Round Top. You can also get a wide view of Eisenhower National Historic Site from this tower.

A steep and short 0.8 mile out-and-back trail takes you to the top of the higest of the two round tops.

Now Open

When available again, you will be able to continue your climb up to Little Round Top and the 12th and 44th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment monument. Inside the castle-like sculpture, climb the narrow spiral staircase to the observation deck and look out over Devil's Den and the Slaughter Pen.

For more information and project updates on the current rehabilitation, visit nps.gov/gett.

A tight, spiral climb awaits you at the State of Pennsylvania Memorial. The roof-top observation deck provides a 360-degree view of the spectacular, scenic battlefield. Climb to the top, take in the iconic views and get a different perspective of the fields where soldiers fought at Gettysburg, July 1-3, 1863.

A key location on all three days of the 1863 battle, Culp's Hill represented the anchor of the Union army's strategic right flank. Rehabilitated in 2021, this area of the battlefield now features sight lines that were not seen for many years, as well as a new trail to Forbes rock.